Quick Definition
σκωληκόβρωτος, ον Adj eaten by worms
Strong's Definition
from 4663 and a derivative of 977; worm-eaten, i.e. diseased with maggots
KJV Usage: eaten of worms
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | σκώληξ + βιβρώσκω
23.166 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
eaten by worms pertaining to being eaten by worms (a reference to the occurrence of worms in ulcerous tissue) In some languages it is important to make a clear distinction between intestinal parasites and the grubs of flies which feed on ulcerous tissue.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκωληκό-βρωτος, -ov, (σκώληξ and βιβρώσκω), eaten of worms: Acts xii. 23, ef. 2 Mace. ix. 9. (of a tree, Theophr. c. pl. 5, 9, 1.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκωληκόβρωτος skōlēkobrōtos 1x
eaten of worms, consumed by worms, Acts 12:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σκωληκό-βρωτος, -ον
(< σκώληξ, βιβρώσκω),
eaten of worms: Ac 12:23 (cf. II Mac 9:9, and v. MM, xxiii) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκωληκόβρωτος, ‘eaten by worms.” This comp*- found in the NT only in Ac 123 occurs in PSI V. 4901} (B.c. 258-7) Ἰτὴν γενομένην σκωληκόβρωτον, where the hiatus prevents our knowing what was ‘‘eaten by worms,” perhaps κριθή. Cf. the use of the negative applied to grain in P Grad 71 (iii/B.C.) σπέρματος ἀσκωληκοβίρώγτου. The word is applied to diseased grain by Theophrastus (C.P. v. 9. 1), and hence was regarded by Hobart (p. 42f.) as ‘‘ medical,” but the above citations show it in ordinary use (cf. Cadbury 782 xly. (1926), p. 201). Add the occurrence of the subst. σκωληκοβρωσία in P Masp III. 67325 Il. versol® (Byz.) (cited by Preisigke ἢ ογέεγό. s.v.), and the similar compd. ἰχθυόβρωτος in Sy// 584 (=* 997)’ (i/B.C. 2?) 6 τούτων τι ποιῶν κακὸς κακῇ ἐξωλείᾳ ἀπόλοιτο, ἰχθυόβρωτος γενόμενος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκωληκόβρωτος (skōlēkobrōtos) — worm-eated. σκωληκό-βρωτος, ον, worm-eaten, of a tree,[Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. eaten of worms, of a man, [NT]